Putin’s plans: What Russian president’s surprise means – BBC News

It can be tricky to predict what Vladimir Putin will do next. Now the Russian president has delivered a surprise by announcing big plans to change the constitution.

Not only that, the government has quit and the country’s got a new prime minister.

Just what is Putin planning? The BBC’s Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford explains.

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